Colorado was chosen for a new program scheduled to launch April 2024 that would reimburse EBT cards up to $60 a month after purchasing fresh fruits or veggies.
"We are seeing historically high food prices, historically high cost of living. With the end of the Public Health Emergency folks lost a lot of SNAP benefits, so we're seeing people being really hard hit," said Carmen Mooradian, policy and advocacy coordinator at Hunger Free Colorado.
"We applied because we saw the devastating impact of the end of maximum allotments on our SNAP participants," said Karla Maraccini, the director of Food & Energy Assistance Division at the Colorado Department of Human Services. This is a different resource than Colorado's 'Double Up Food Bucks' program. That program gives SNAP recipients a dollar off Colorado grown produce for every dollar spent on an eligible SNAP item, up to $20 a day.
“We applaud the selected states for stepping up and partnering with us to test and ultimately improve SNAP incentive programs. Together we will learn more about what works and pave the way for similar programs across the country," said Stacy Dean, USDA deputy under secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services
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